Masrizal said he did not have any symptoms and the first test that was conducted on him on Sept 23 in Kota Kinabalu during the Sabah state election campaign showed a negative result.

“However, after the result of the second test found me positive, I was admitted to Hospital Sungai Buloh on Thursday. I am healthy.

“Since the first test was done, I did not have any signs of fever or cough, but before going back to office last Monday, on my own initiative, I went to do the swab test again and found the result to be positive,” he said in a statement today.

He said while waiting for the results of the first and second tests, he was on self-quarantine at home.

“I hope we all do not take this Covid-19 threat lightly. If there is an opportunity to do a second or third test, go and do it,” he added.

Prior to this, several political party leaders had also been confirmed positive for Covid-19, including Umno information chief Shahril Hamdan and Umno Supreme Council member Razlan Muhammad Rafii.

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